I was just wondering how it was proven there was no issue? Sons were not always named in wills due to primogeniture. And daughters--well, women in those times often didn't count--and were not named in wills and especially not in land transactions. Just wondering. Birdie L McNutt wrote: > Hi Cousins, > Since I am fairly new to the list and have never posted by line, I will > do so now with documentation to follow in parts. > NOTE: While searching the CARTER-L ARCHIVE's I have noticed many > mentions of Giles' wife Hannah, being a CREW(E)(S), which is an ERROR! So > many researchers are repeating this information "as though it were fact," > which it is NOT, it has been "proven" that James CREW(E)(S) did not > leave any ISSUE. Hopefully we can get the record straight for the > future researcher's trying to find their roots. > > My CARTER Line > Giles CARTER and Hannah EYRE [NOTE: not Crew(e)(s)!!!!!] > Mary CARTER DAVIS TOTTY and Thomas TOTTY > William TOTTY and Mary [?nee COMBS?, not proven yet] > Francis TOTTY and ___?____unk > Robert TOTTY and Sandal ANDREWS > Robert TOTTY and Matilda Easley Estes > Francis Marion TOTTY and Rhoda SPRADLING > John Whitfield TOTTY and Sarah Ellen YANDELL > Green Whitfield TOTTY and Hattie Lee ROGERS > Vernon Estell TOTTY and Lorena P. HOISINGTON > Birdie Lee TOTTY [me] > > Birdie (Totty) McNutt ( ( : ) > Birdiemc@juno.com > A Proud Rootsweb Donor